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This Bat is dedicated to all those who complain about communist Bats on the STEX.

 

 

SMP Juche Tower

By TheQuiltedLlama

 

Thanks to Patriots for helping me out with rendering.

 

Included in the Zip file there are two model files (one for the tower and one for the statue) and three Lot files. One lot is a basic lot with the tower on, one with the statue on and one containing the statue and the Tower as it is in real life.

 

All the lots are Landmarks, have cost of $100 and have no other effects.

 

No Dependencies.

 

Description from Wikipedia:

The Juche Tower (officially the Tower of Juche Idea) is a monument in Pyongyang, North Korea. Completed in 1982, it is sited on the eastern bank of the River Taedong, directly opposite Kim Il Sung Square which is situated on the other side of the river. It was made to commemorate Kim Il Sung's 70th birthday. It is claimed that it was designed by Kim Jong-il.

The 170metre (560') structure is a four sided tapering 150metre spire (the tallest one in granite) containing 25,550 blocks (365×70, one for each day of Kim Il Sung's life, excluding supplementary days), dressed in white stone with seventy dividers and capped with a 20metre high, 45ton, illuminated metal torch. It is possible to ascend the tower.

Associated with the tower is a statue consisting of three figures—one with a hammer, one with a sickle and one with a writing brush (an idealised worker, a peasant and a "working intellectual"). There are six smaller groups, each 10 metres high, symbolizing other aspects of Kim Il Sung's ideology. Also close to the tower is a wall of 82 friendship plaques, apparently from foreign supporters. Around the tower there are also pavilions and water features. It is claimed that the tower has become a popular site for North Koreans.

 

1/11/2020 Staff Edit: Added file descriptor. -CF

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Im a bit late on the comments...But I love the fact that you posted something like this. And I just did a research paper on the very philosophy associated with the tower.
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Well, despite the political regime in NK and all the controversy, there are some really outstanding architectural examples that deserved to be reproduced here, if anyone would like to do so. I'm taking this one. Thank you to the uploader and regards from Portugal.

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